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A panegyrick on His Most Excellent Majesty King William IIId occasioned by the happy conclusion of the general peace, September the 20th, 1697.
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G. B.
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1697
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Wing B68; ESTC R28326
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to 's Pride and give 's Ambition Law That Vaunting Prince whose vain Ambitious Mind Victory o're us and all the World design'd And to an Universal Monarchy aspir'd With 's beaten Fleet behind Strong Forts retir'd Sees the Britannia with a just disdain Riding Triumphant on the Liquid Plain To keep Your Right and Lord it on the Main O would this Theam some Abler Pen inspire To give just Praise where I can but admire Or would Great Homer now revive again To write Your Actions in that Lofty Strain As once he sung nor did he sing in vain Of Gods and Heroes as he rais'd his Voice When Wars and Battels were his Lofty Choice Or would some mighty Virgil now rehearse In Golden Lines and never-dying Verse Your Glorious Acts the Immortal Piece should be Ingrav'd in Brass t' instruct Posterity To rouse Luxurious Monarchs from their Ease To do like You and Emulate Your Praise Teach Amorous Sots to shun a Woman's Charme Having been circled in more Noble Arms Kindle in tender Breasts a Warlike Fire And their soft Souls with Daring Thoughts inspire Then Times to come should celebrate Your Birth And future Heroes Copy from Your Worth Their Souls inspir'd by Your Immortal Fame Would Tyrants Crush and Gallick Monsters Tame And terrify their Boldest Foes with Your repeated Name Thus Great You are and thus unenvyed stand Since what you Act transcends what You Command Not like Luxurious Kings neglect the State Or to a General trust a Kingdom 's Fate In Person all Your Great Exploits are done You conquer all Your Self and make the Work Your own O happy those that such a Prince obtain Happy the Kingdoms where such Monarchs Rain Blest the Allyance Crown'd with such a Head And Troops by such a Daring Courage led Happy are they whom such Examples Fire And bravely in such a Glorious Cause Expire How undismay'd they meet approaching Death With what Delight they Gasp their Dying Breath And dare their Fate when such a Prince is by Who us'd to Conquer never fears to Dye 'T is brave to quit one's Life for Common Good And Seal one's Love to You with Streams of vital Blood If thus by Arms You 've won us such Renown Now Europe's Quiet doth Your Actions Crown Now Martial Noise is husht and Battels cease Happy You 'l make the Effects of such a Peace Our Trade shall flourish and our Wealth Increase We shall with Plenty and Excess be cloy'd And all that Heaven can grant by us enjoy'd The World 's whole product be in England view'd And in our Isle the Golden Age renew'd Our Merchants unmolested on the Main Shall free Commerce with Neighbouring States regain Who shall with Europe's Wealth our Stores supply And choicest Wines to feed our Luxury We shall the Luscious Sweets of Asia know The Indies both shall to our Havens flow And Africk's dazling o're at every Tide On the sweet Stream of Silver Thames shall Ride Your dread Commands all Countries shall Obey And to Your Stores their Grateful Tribute Pay Our Different Factions You shall Reconcile And reunite our now-Divided Isle Those stubborn Souls which Justice ne're could Tame Shall become Vassals meerly to Your Fame Those misled Fools who scorn'd to own Your Power By Your Merit won shall Loyal Thoughts restore And pay the Allegiance they deny'd before A Series of new Time shall now begin And every Rowling Year shall usher in A long continned Scene of Happiness But here My Muse Transported with the Endless Bliss The welcome Peace approaching to our Isle And to those high flown Thoughts that Lofty Stile The Subject craves unable to aspire Must the high Theme desist and silently admire G. B. FINIS Note His Majesty was born a Posthumus just after his Father's Death